DHAKA: Canada's foreign affairs minister said they are planning to send ambassador into the area of heaviest conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, to report first-hand on the situation, reports The Canadian Press. Besides, Canadian government is intending to speak up on behalf of

DHAKA: Canada's foreign affairs minister said they are planning to send ambassador into the area of heaviest conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, to report first-hand on the situation, reports The Canadian Press. Besides, Canadian government is intending to speak up on behalf of

DHAKA: Myanmar's army chief commented that the Rohingya Muslims have no roots in his country, in wake of the harsh criticism across the world following immense persecution upon the minorities, reports AFP. Besides, he urged his countrymen to unite over the "issue" of the Rohingya.

DHAKA: United Nations chief said that Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has "a last chance" to halt the army offensive that has forced hundreds of thousands of the mainly Muslim Rohingya to flee abroad. Antonio Guterres told the BBC that unless she acted now, "the tragedy will be

FRANCE: Hundreds of thousands of protesters in France condemned the ongoing persecution upon Rohingya people in Myanmar by the country’s army led by its government. Some 30-50 organizations took part in the demonstration, at the Humanity ground before Eiffel Tower Saturday (September

More than half of the Rohingya refugees who have fled Myanmar in the past three weeks are children, including hundreds who traveled without family members, putting them at particular risk in cramped, muddy camps in Bangladesh, aid workers say. The New York Times and different other

DHAKA: The world’s oldest person Violet Mosse-Brown died at the Fairfield Medical Centre in Jamaica on Friday (September 15) after a brief illness, reports The Gleaner of Jamaica. Brown, who was born on March 10, 1900, became the world’s senior senior citizen in April following the

DHAKA: Russia, in a statement, indicated that they think the ongoing Rohingya crisis an internal issue of Myanmar and therefore they are not willing to intervene there as it may deeper interreligious discord, reports Russian news agency TASS. "It is essential to remember that the wish

DHAKA: Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday (Sep 15) dismissed an appeal from former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif against his disqualification from the premiership over corruption allegations tied to the Panama Papers leak. The Supreme Court removed Mr Sharif in late July following an

Several people have been injured in an explosion at a London train station around 8:20am on Friday morning (local time). A number of commuters have suffered facial burns after a white container inside a bag exploded towards the rear of the train, reports several international media.

DHAKA: Amnesty International said it uncovered evidence of an “orchestrated campaign of systematic burnings” by Myanmar security forces targeting dozens of Rohingya villages over the past three weeks, reports AP. The human rights group is releasing a new analysis of video,

DHAKA: The Arakan Rohingya Solidarity Army (Arsa) have rejected accusations that they have links with al-Qaeda, Islamic State (IS) or ISIL or other armed groups, reports Al Jazeera. Arsa, the small group of men fighting in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, also warned foreign fighters against

The ethnic Rohingya villages of Myanmar’s Rakhine state are becoming empty as nearly 4,00,000 Rohingyas have fled into Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar and over 3,000 have died on the way. A spokesperson for the Myanmar government has confirmed that nearly 200 villages of

DHAKA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi to express "deep concerns" over treatment of Muslims and other ethnic minorities in her country, reports Huffington Post Canada. The phone call on Wednesday (September 13) followed a chorus

DHAKA: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council urged Myanmar authorities to end violence against the Rohingya Muslims that has forced some 400,000 people to flee to Bangladesh, reports Reuters. Guterres, on Wednesday (September 13), said the

DHAKA: At least 25 students and teachers died in a fire at a religious school in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. The fire at the Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah broke out in the early hours of the morning. "The number of confirmed dead are 23 students and two wardens,"

DHAKA: United States President office White House condemned the ongoing massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state carried out by the army of Myanmar led by the government. Besides, White House appreciated the role of Bangladesh government as it has provided shelters and

DHAKA: Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to miss next week's UN General Assembly debate as criticism of her handling of the Rohingya crisis grows, reports BBC. Some 370,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Rakhine state for Bangladesh since the outbreak of violence in

DHAKA: The United Nations has imposed a fresh round of sanctions on North Korea after its sixth and largest nuclear test. The measures restrict oil imports and ban textile exports - an attempt to starve the North of fuel and income for its weapons programmes, reports the BBC. The US

The top UN human rights official has denounced Myanmar's “brutal security operation” against Rohingya in Rakhine state, which he said was “clearly disproportionate” to militia attacks carried out last month. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, addressing the United Nations Human